Promoting Health in Multicultural Populations

by Huff, Robert M.; Kline, Michael V.

• ISBN13: 9780761901822
• ISBN10: 0761901825
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: Sage Pubns

Summary

Promoting Health in Multicultural Populations will prove an excellent shelf reference for health and human service providers and scholars, and a valuable text for students in a wide variety of professional disciplines, including public health and other arenas of health care, social work, and medical sociology and anthropology

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix	(4)
Lawrence Green
Acknowledgments	xiii	(2)
Preface	xv
PART 1: FOUNDATIONS	3	(112)
1. Health Promotion in the Context of Culture	3	(20)
Robert M. Huff
Michael V. Kline
2. Cross-Cultural Concepts of Health and Disease	23	(18)
Robert M. Huff
3. Models, Theories, and Principles of Health Promotion With Multicultural Populations	41	(32)
C. James Frankish
Chris Y. Lovato
William J. Shannon
4. Planning Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Programs in Multicultural Populations	73	(30)
Michael V. Kline
5. Tips for the Practitioner	103	(12)
Michael V. Kline
Robert M. Huff
PART 2: HISPANIC/LATINO POPULATIONS	115	(86)
6. Hispanic/Latino Health and Disease: An Overview	115	(22)
Lucina Suarez
Amelie G. Ramirez
7. Health Promotion in Latino Populations: A Sociocultural Model for Program Planning, Development, and Evaluation	137	(32)
Felipe G. Castro
Marya K. Cota
Santos C. Vega
8. Community-Level Diabetes Control in a Texas Barrio: A Case Study	169	(20)
Amelie G. Ramirez
Roberto Villarreal
Patricia Chalela
9. Tips for Working With Hispanic Populations	189	(12)
Robert M. Huff
Michael V. Kline
PART 3: AFRICAN AMERICAN POPULATIONS	201	(68)
10. Promoting Health Among Black American Populations: An Overview	201	(22)
Joyce W. Hopp
Patti Herring
11. Health Promotion Planning in African American Communities	223	(18)
Mary Ashley
12. Promoting Health in African American Populations: A Case Study	241	(18)
Gina M. Wingood
13. Tips for Working With African American Populations	259	(10)
Robert M. Huff
Michael V. Kline
PART 4: AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE POPULATIONS	269	(68)
14. American Indian and Alaska Native Populations in the United States: An Overview	269	(22)
Felicia Schanche Hodge
Larri Fredericks
15. Assessment, Program Planning, and Evaluation in Indian Country: Toward a Postcolonial Practice	291	(22)
Bonnie M. Duran
Eduardo F. Duran
16. Traditional Approaches to Health Care Among American Indians and Alaska Natives: A Case Study	313	(14)
Larri Fredericks
Felicia Schanche Hodge
17. Tips for Working With American Indian and Alaska Native Populations	327	(10)
Robert M. Huff
Michael V. Kline
PART 5: ASIAN AMERICAN POPULATIONS	337	(60)
18. Asian American Health and Disease: An Overview of the Issues	337	(20)
Jillian Inouye
19. Assessing Needs and Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Programs Among Asian American Population Groups	357	(18)
June Gutierrez English
Anh Le
20. Promoting Health Among Asian American Population Groups: A Case Study From the Field	375	(8)
Dianne N. Ishida
21. Tips for Working With Asian American Populations	383	(14)
Michael V. Kline
Robert M. Huff
PART 6: PACIFIC ISLANDER POPULATIONS	397	(84)
22. Pacific Islander Health and Disease: An Overview	397	(22)
John Casken
23. Health Promotion Planning in Pacific Islander Population Groups	419	(30)
Gregory P. Loos
24. Promoting Health in Pacific Islander Populations: Case Studies	449	(22)
D. William Wood
Claire K. Hughes
25. Tips for Working With Pacific Islander Populations	471	(10)
Robert M. Huff
Michael V. Kline
PART 7: CONCLUSIONS	481	(36)
26. The Cultural Assessment Framework	481	(20)
Robert M. Huff
Michael V. Kline
27. Moving Into the 21st Century: Final Thoughts About Multicultural Health Promotion and Disease Prevention	501	(16)
Michael V. Kline
Robert M. Huff
Author Index	517	(16)
Subject Index	533	(12)
About the Editors	545	(2)
About the Contributors	547	(6)
About the Editorial Board	553